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What affect does globalisation have on the global environment?
Globalisation is a universal theory that aims to increase a nation’s prosperity by introducing that nation to the world market, through increases in trade and investment. There are many globalisation sceptics out there, who doubt the effectiveness of this economic approach for several different reasons. Some sceptics criticise globalisation’s ability to enhance economic prosperity by reducing poverty, increasing employment opportunities and increasing income equality. Other sceptics focus their attention on the damage globalisation causes to the environment, on both a local and global level. Global trade and investment has increased dramatically since the mid twentieth century, soon after World War II, and many environmental concerns have escalated as well during his time. Some environmentalists and researchers believe globalisation is responsible for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions, world-wide deforestation and increasing use of pesticides and fertilizers that all contribute to global warming. ... (John Hopkins)
A statistic that damages the credibility of globalisation is that “70 percent of the anthropogenic increase of greenhouse gases occurred after 1950.” (Hansen, 2004) This time period is very similar to the expansion of globalisation. ... Globalisation aims to increase the standard of living, but the consequence of people owning their own cars, gas ovens, gas barbeques and many other fossil fuel powered luxury items is the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. ... ” (Reed & Rosa)
The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is also having a detrimental effect on the global environment. Global warming is recognised as the most threatening concern. ... Global warming has more detrimental affects rather than just producing uncomfortably warm weather. The dilemma of a global energy imbalance is a complex problem, created by rising temperatures. ... He shows that a global energy imbalance exists of 0. ... “Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters .
Approximate Word count = 1552
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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